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(CNN)- The race for the Republican presidential nomination is on track to break new ground: For the first time in modern political history - some say ever - the GOP nominee could be someone who is not a Protestant Christian.

The most polarizing and contentious presidential race in modern history is finally coming to an end.

Stephanopoulos and McGhee computed efficiency gaps for four decades of congressional and state House races starting in 1972, finding that the pro-Republican maps enacted after the 2010 Census resulted in «the most extreme gerrymanders in modern history.»

The primaries, the first truly competitive races for both parties» presidential contests in modern history in New York, saw record high turnout, especially on the Republican side.

The Albany Times Union's Jimmy Veilkind states that «the Tkaczyk lead stands at 19 votes, making it (for now) the second closest race in the modern history of the state Senate.

Beginning with perhaps the most beautiful car ever to have raced, the Ferrari 330 P4 of 1967 (a photo of which was proudly displayed in Enzo Ferrari's office from the day it claimed total victory at Daytona), through to Ferrari's modern - day GT warrior, the 488 GT3 and via such iconic Ferraris such as the Ferrari 288 GTO of 1984 (the first supercar to hit the 300km / h barrier), the F40LM of 1989 (the GT version of the first supercar to reach 370km / h) and all the way through to Maranello's current hypercar — LaFerrari, Project CARS 2 drivers will soon revel in the cars and history that have made Ferrari the world's most aspirational car brand.

THE ASTRONAUT WIVES CLUB PICKED UP TO SERIES; 10 - EPISODE ORDER (PUSHED TO MIDSEASON 2015) STUDIO: ABC Studios TEAM: Josh Schwartz (ep), Stephanie Savage (ep), Michael London (ep), Len Goldstein (ep), Nick Cassavetes LOGLINE: Set in the 1960s with a modern feel, it tells the real story of the women who stood beside some of the biggest heroes in American history during the height of the space race.

But it was his bad luck that parts of the report became public at such a tempestuous (post-Watts) time in the modern history of American race relations.

Twenty - eight years later, in the closest presidential race in modern history, youth turnout, having fallen steadily over the years, reached a new low of 36 percent.

WIHS teach Colleen Whalen explained how Facing History's curriculum works at her school «It encourages discussion on the social construct of race and history of civil rights movements and helps students draw parallels to the modern day and the Native American experience.History's curriculum works at her school «It encourages discussion on the social construct of race and history of civil rights movements and helps students draw parallels to the modern day and the Native American experience.history of civil rights movements and helps students draw parallels to the modern day and the Native American experience.»

Fans of Audi's racing history will recognize on the Q8 e-tron concept how the taillight bar terminates on either end with integrated rear vent — a modern interpretation of the 90 quattro IMSA GTO race car design from 1989.

Southern California - based Brock Racing Enterprises made motorsport history in 1970 when it won the first of its Sports Car Club of America National Championships behind the wheel of a Datsun 510, the predecessor to the modern - day 370Z sports car.

Driving Jano's old P3, Tazio Nuvolari triumphed over modern German sports cars and wrote a memorable page in Alfa Romeo's racing history.

Arden Green evokes past glories of Racing Green for a modern look steeped in history.

«We think the Ford GT's trio of awards over the past four Chicago Auto Shows demonstrates the appeal of the car's stylish looks, modern innovation and legendary history, including beating Ferrari again at LeMans in 2016, 50 years after accomplishing the same feat in one of racing's most memorable races of all time,» said Matt Leaver from Ford Performance Communications in his comment to Chicago News.

Tour the highlights of Perth, then travel to Fremantle, an historic seaside town of convict history, glorious alfresco outdoor dining, modern ocean racing yachts, terraced houses, museums and galliers set between the Indian Ocean and the Swan River.

With this focus on just a single brand comes a sort of expectation that Test Drive: Ferrari Racing Legends should be a love letter to Ferrari, a in - depth look at the storied history of the famous Prancing Horse and a passionate recreation of how its many cars perform on the track so that we can all finally get some idea of what it would have been like to drive the old classics, as well as the modern greats.

Lead a civilization from the dawn of man to the modern age, and go head - to - head with history's most intrepid leaders as you wage war, conduct diplomacy, discover new technologies, and build the most powerful empire the world has ever known in a race for ultimate supremacy.

With more than 50 iconic vehicles from the history of the sport to modern day, DiRT 4 challenges you to be fearless as you take on a variety of racing disciplines — rally, rallycross and landrush.

There are books on shelves, in file containers along the stairway, piled in laundry baskets — and they reflect the range of his interests: Painting in the Twentieth Century, Rebels against Slavery, The End of Blackness, Invisible Man, Theories of Modern Art, African Art, Against Race, A Rumor of Revolt, A Different Mirror: A History of Multicultural America, The Salt Eaters, Of Grammatology, Black Empire, A Commentary on Heidegger's «Being and Time», The Future of the Race.

In Bound to Appear: Art, Slavery, and the Site of Blackness in Multicultural America, Copeland focuses on the work of Renée Green, Glenn Ligon, Lorna Simpson, and Fred Wilson, and considers how slavery shaped American art in the last decades of the twentieth century in order to argue for a reorientation of modern and contemporary art history where the subject of race is concerned.

Her research focus is transnational futurism, combining media studies, theory of globalization, and critical race discourse with modern and contemporary art history.

Her research combines media studies, theory of globalization, and critical race discourse with early modern, modern, and contemporary art history.

Symposium subjects included, among other things, discussions of Alfred Stieglitz as a major proponent and supporter of early American Modernism, the ways in which art critic Clement Greenburg's definition of Modernism shaped thinking about this issue for generations yet was exclusive to issues of race, gender and politics, the role of photography figured prominently into the dissemination of the term «modern,» and the many ways photography has played a major role in shaping the history of Modernism in America.

«The Paintings of Mike Cloud: In Celebration of Black History Month,» Lincoln Center Gallery, New York, NY, February 1 — March 3, 2007 «Not For Sale,» PS1 Contemporary Art Center, Long Island City, NY, February 11 — April 30, 2007 «Paper Trail: A Decade of Acquisitions,» Walker Art Center, Minneapolis, MN, March 16 — September 23, 2007 «Simply Red,» The Fabric Workshop and Museum, Philadelphia, PA, April 7 — May 19, 2007 «Collected Identities: Gifts from the Blake Byrne Collection,» Nasher Museum of Art, Duke University, Durham, NC, April 19 — September 30, 2007 «For the Love of the Game: Race and Sport in America, Wadsworth Atheneum, Hartford, CT, June 9 — October 21, 2007 «Gallery Artists,» Regen Projects, Los Angeles, CA, July 7 — August 25, 2007 «Taking Aim: Selections from the Elliot L Perry Collection,» Clough - Hanson Gallery, Rhodes College, Memphis, TN, August 31 — October 11, 2007 «ART PROTECTS,» Galerie Yvon Lambert, Paris, France, September 8 — 9, 2007 «Modern Times: Alumni Collect,» Bowdoin College Museum of Art, Brunswick, ME, October 14, 2007 — March 9, 2008 «Read Me!